Quotes with slender

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  • George Washington A slender acquaintance with the world must convince every man that actions, not words, are the true criterion of the attachment of friends.
    George Washington
    First president of the US (1732 - 1799)
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  • Ovid All things human hang by a slender thread; and that which seemed to stand strong suddenly falls and sinks in ruins.
    Ovid
    Roman poet (43 - 17)
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  • Thomas Jefferson Great innovations should not be forced on slender majorities.
    Thomas Jefferson
    American statesman (1743 - 1826)
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  • Carl Gustav Jung Great talents are the most lovely and often the most dangerous fruits on the tree of humanity. They hang upon the most slender twigs that are easily snapped off.
    Psychological reflections: an anthology of the writings of C. G. Jung (1961)
    Carl Gustav Jung
    Swiss psychiatrist (1875 - 1961)
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  • Martin Farquhar Tupper Prayer is the slender nerve that moves the muscle of omnipotence.
    Martin Farquhar Tupper
    English writer and poet (1810 - 1889)
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  • Samuel Johnson The most fatal disease of friendship is gradual decay, or dislike hourly increased by causes too slender for complaint, and too numerous for removal.
    Samuel Johnson
    English writer (1709 - 1784)
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  • Madame Chiang Kai-Shek There is no shadow of protection to be had by sheltering behind the slender stockades of visionary speculation, or by hiding behind the wagon-wheels of pacific theories.
    Madame Chiang Kai-Shek
    Chinese political figure who was First Lady of the Republic of China (1897 - 2003)
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  • Gore Vidal To a man, ornithologists are tall, slender, and bearded so that they can stand motionless for hours, imitating kindly trees, as they watch for birds.
    Gore Vidal
    American writer and criticus (1925 - 2012)
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